On Friday, October 11, Kate Botello will host her final shift at Classical IPR.
Kate joined the staff in 2012 as the morning host. In her time at IPR, she created and hosted innovative programming including Kids Commute, Show Tunes with Kate Botello, Classical Sprouts and the pandemic shutdown-era Singalong Soiree series.
IPR wishes Kate all the best in the next chapter of her life as she and her partner relocate to a different state.
Music director Amanda Sewell will hosting Morning Classical until a new host joins the staff. The posting for the new classical host and children's programming producer is available here.
Kids Commute will continue to air on weekdays at 7:40 a.m. and 3:20 p.m., but with some significant changes.
For the time being, we are asking kids to help host the program. We are inviting young listeners (preschool through high school) to choose a favorite piece of classical music and record a short introduction for it. These introductions and pieces will be broadcast.
Click here for more information about how kids can participate.
Classical IPR will be making some changes to the broadcast schedule effective immediately.
Beginning this week, Classical IPR will no longer broadcast GAMEPLAY. Production of the program ended in May 2024 with the departure of host and producer Keith Brown, and we are ending broadcasts of archived programs.
Full episodes of GAMEPLAY will remain on IPR's website indefinitely for on-demand listening.
Programming changes
Tuesday 6 p.m.: A Joyful Noise (formerly GAMEPLAY)
Saturday 12 p.m.: The Score (formerly GAMEPLAY)
Saturday following the opera until 8 p.m.: Classical 24 (formerly The Score)
View our complete broadcast schedule here.
We welcome your feedback about these and other programming changes.
Please email amanda.sewell@interlochen.org to share your thoughts.